As I remember, we had to drive through the entrance to the amusement park to be able to access the Cedar Point Light, but.....We told them at the gate that we were only going to see the Lighthouse, and not the park proper. We were charged $8, but told that it would be refunded to us upon our exit. We actually got back $7 refund on leaving. Bear in mind this was in 2001, and as I got excellent photos that first time, and I haven't tried accessing the park since that time, so I don't know what their policies are now. There are small cabins around the light, as you can see on the picture on the top of this promotional page from Cedar Point......

As to Marblehead, I never had any problems accessing it, whether the Lighthouse / Keeper's House was open or not, as the whole site is owned by the Ohio DNR, and is in fact, Marblehead Lighthouse State Park. Discover Ohio has the park hours listed as 6 AM - 11 PM for the grounds. As you can tell from these photos, there is a picket fence around the Keeper's House, but not the light.

If you do, could you let us know ?...I might re-visit Cedar Point next year and would like to go out there again.....I was at the Point Retreat light on the South-East side of the Cedar Point Peninsula in May, but didn't go into the park as we were on a tight schedule.

While you're up there, you can see the Point Retreat light for yourself.....Information is on this thread from my trip there....

Marblehead does have quite a few people there....I got lucky on our 7th trip out there, a Sunday early afternoon that found us all alone....Perfect picture weather, spent a half hour doing shots. Right when I got done, this huge wedding party pulled in, all dressed in Tux & Gown....Bride in full wedding dress.....In no time at all, the place was full of people, ready for a lighthouse wedding.

I was last at Cedar Point in early October 2009. Drove up to the main gate and told the security guard that I had driven all the way from northern Michigan to photograph the lighthouse. She told me to go ahead and drive on through. I stopped by and thanked her on the way out.

Terry_Pepper wrote:I was last at Cedar Point in early October 2009. Drove up to the main gate and told the security guard that I had driven all the way from northern Michigan to photograph the lighthouse. She told me to go ahead and drive on through. I stopped by and thanked her on the way out.